{"product_id":"rock-island-robbery-9798232304331","title":"Rock Island Robbery","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): C. Lowry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Chris Lowry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Chris Lowry\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROCK ISLAND ROBBERY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gritty Western thriller in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApril 3, 1895. The Oklahoma Territory. Five desperate outlaws stop a southbound Rock Island train in a robbery that will seal their fates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTulsa Jack Blake and the notorious Wild Bunch-Bill Doolin, Red Buck Waightman, Bitter Creek Newcomb, and Charley Pierce-storm an express car in a hail of gunfire, terrorizing passengers and crew in their ruthless pursuit of payroll money. What should have been an easy score turns into a blood-soaked nightmare of violence, betrayal, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in the hard-boiled style of Elmore Leonard, \u003cstrong\u003eROCK ISLAND ROBBERY\u003c\/strong\u003e is an unflinching portrayal of the Old West's dying days, where lawless men ride hard, shoot first, and discover that some prices are too high to pay-even for outlaws with nothing left to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the first gunshot to the final desperate escape across the brutal Oklahoma prairie, this is outlaw fiction at its rawest: no redemption, no heroes, just hard men making harder choices as Deputy Marshal William Bartling Murrill closes in for the kill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBased on the true story of one of the Wild Bunch's final robberies, twenty-four hours before the law caught up with Tulsa Jack Blake.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive outlaws. One train. Seventy-four dollars. Some jobs aren't worth the bullet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593866133655,"sku":"9798232304331","price":626.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798232304331.webp?v=1774983716","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rock-island-robbery-9798232304331","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}